James Whitcomb Riley

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American poet human poet

James Whitcomb Riley was a popular late-19th- and early-20th-century American poet known as the "Hoosier Poet" for his folksy dialect verse celebrating rural Midwestern life.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American poet → human → poet →
birthDate	1849-10-07 →
birthPlace	Greenfield, Indiana →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
commemoratedBy	James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children → Riley Children’s Foundation →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1916-07-22 →
deathPlace	Indianapolis, Indiana →
ethnicGroup	White American →
familyName	Riley →
father	Reuben Alexander Riley →
fullName	James Whitcomb Riley →
genre	children’s poetry → dialect verse → poetry →
givenName	James →
hasHonor	schools named after him in Indiana →
hasInfluenced	American children’s literature → Midwestern regional literature →
knownFor	celebrating rural Midwestern life → poems in Hoosier dialect →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
middleName	Whitcomb →
mother	Elizabeth Marine Riley →
movement	dialect poetry → regionalism →
nationality	American →
nickname	Children’s Poet → Hoosier Poet →
notableWork	An Old Sweetheart of Mine → Little Orphant Annie → The Old Swimmin’-Hole and ‘Leven More Poems → The Raggedy Man → When the Frost Is on the Punkin →
occupation	lecturer → poet → writer →
placeOfBurial	Crown Hill Cemetery →
residence	Indianapolis, Indiana →
sexOrGender	male →
stateOfOrigin	Indiana →
subjectOf	James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home →
workPeriod	early 20th century → late 19th century →
writingStyle	Midwestern rural dialect → folksy →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cardinal (train) →	formerName
James Whitcomb Riley →	fullName
Crown Hill Cemetery →	notableBurial